Quickie: Polar Bear Puccho

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Here's a quickie post from my backlog! 

In case this is your first exposure, Puccho is a bouncy chewy candy similar to Hi-Chew, but it typically has flavored gummi embeds. I've reviewed many flavors in the past, but I hadn't seen this one before. The bag translates to "polar bear," and the visuals make this seem like a shaved ice dessert topped with red bean and fruit. I did a casual search on Google and while the results were rather sparse, it does seem that this concept has been around for at least 50 years. A "polar bear" is shaved ice topped with sweetened condensed milk and various fruits or jellies. 

I'm intrigued. How will this translate into a chewy candy? 

Vita Life - Aldi

A few years ago I had a gut-friendly soda that I actually liked, but completely forgot what flavor or brand it was. I've been casually searching for it ever since. Buying random cans here and there, but not putting that much energy into it. 

My half-hearted search ends today! I finally found it!

Cookie Week Continues: Costco Cookie Conclave

This whole theming thing for my posts has been completely unintentional. I start out writing one thing and before I know it my brain has made connections to other things I already have. My last post busted through my Oreo backlog (I think I am all caught up on those now), and this post covers items I recently bought to celebrate a coworker's birthday. (Except the black and whites, those were all for me.)

Having themes has helped me bust through my stash faster, which is awesome, but it's not something I am going to be rigidly sticking to from here on out. So be prepared for me to go back into super random nonsense pretty soon. In the meantime, here's my thought on 3 different cookies purchased at Costco.

Limited Edition Graveyard - Oreo Edition

Oreo is in their "Simpsons did it," era. In today's post I have 4 limited edition flavors, but each one is similar to a previous offering. Sure, there are a few new twists and turns, like new designs or popping candy, but nothing here is new-new.

Let's see if these flavors improve upon the past, or if they fade into tastebud oblivion.

Matcha x Fig and Hawthorn Candy Flavored Oreo Thins

Oreo really messed up when they discontinued my beloved Pistachio thins.

2025 is the year for pistachio flavored everything and more specifically, Dubai chocolate bars. I've seen a lot of variations, but for the most part a Dubai chocolate bar is a dark chocolate bar, filled with pistachio paste/butter and toasted shredded filo dough. As a long time lover of all things pistachio, I am PUMPED for this trend to take off. I really hoped that it would light a fire under Mondelez getting them to re-released my favorite Oreo of all time, but so far...nothing. 

While I wait with bated breath for them to realize their folly, it's about time I finally posted these two Oreo Thin flavors I picked up at S.Mart a while back. 

Pizza Snack: 2025 (Cheesy Pizza Chex Mix)

All of my favorite pizza-flavored snacks have been discontinued. First it was my beloved Doritos... 

It was a bag of half pizza and half ranch chips from their Collisions line. It was discontinued sometime around 2010. I mentioned how much I missed them in a post, and a reader recommended pizza-filled Snyder's Pretzels, which were amazing. They were even better than the Doritos, but they also got the axe. I've been on the hunt for a new pizza-y replacement ever since, and this is my current fixation.

The packaging photos look kind of ugly, because the bag is nearly empty. I couldn't stop myself from cracking into it and this isn't the first time. This is my fourth bag. Safe to say, I like these. A lot.

Let them eat Cotton Candy - Cotton Candy Jelly Belly Beans

Another installment in my "things-that-promise-to-taste-like-other-things" reviews: Cotton Candy flavored Jelly Belly beans. 

I picked these up at Five Below while I was hunting down the latest Rainbow Brite mini figurines. (I still need Buddy Blue, Canary Yellow💗 and Patty O'Green.) I'm a sucker for all things cotton candy and with Jelly Belly's reputation I'm sure these will not disappoint. 

Cereal Milk Krispy Kreme Glazed (Until April 6th)

A shockingly recent item! Krispy Kreme has a new glazed doughnut flavor available until April 6th. It's "Cereal Milk"-flavored which is another vague concept, but it's in collaboration with Fruity Pebbles, so it's really Fruity Pebbles flavored. 

I like Pebbles cereal, my only gripe is that it gets soggy way too quickly when eaten with milk as intended. Otherwise it's a fantastic yogurt or ice cream topping and a super flavorful base for a marshmallow treats.

I'm calorie counting right now, but there is a Krispy Kreme on my way home and this is only available for a limited time AND it goes with this weeks' theme of "stuff that tastes like other stuff." So I bought two. (And a raspberry filled for later.) My expectations are high that this will it be worth the calories!